- Date
- November 27, 1983, 13:46 local (19:46 UTC)
- Place
- Lexington, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5396LPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831127059009A
- Case key
- 6236
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with the ground in a vertical descent during IMC weather on a x-country flt. The plt had filed an IFR flt plan but he was a student with limited experience and was not instrument rated. Also he was carrying a passenger. The controller who had been working the flt had noted a lack of professionalism on the part of the plt in his holding ofheadings and reporting procedures. When the flt finally encountered thunderstorms and turbulence radio contact was lost. The last radio contact was at approximately 1346. The mkc fss specialist stated to memphis center at 1346:07 that the plt reported that he was in severe turbulence & did not know his location. The acft crashed about 4 miles east of Lexington, TN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5396L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-4705
- Airframe hours
- 1,788
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Max Bolen And David Mitchell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 7, 1983
- Departed
- BNA · Nashville, TN
- Destination
- PBF · Pine Bluff, AR
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 163 total · 161 in this make and model · 108 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKL, 31 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.